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Health
Abdominal obesity in conjunction with weak muscles is the main risk factor for metabolic syndrome
A study conducted by researchers at the Federal University of São Carlos and University College London analyzed eight years of data for almost 4,000 over-50s.
Public Policies
New census and housing program for the homeless population
A federal plan supported by scientific evidence is being launched to reduce the homeless population, a global problem.
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Brazil dries up
Climate change gives rise to a region with an arid climate, previously non-existant in the country.
Supercomputers
Capable of complex operations, machines enable to investigate matters such as the effects of deforestation on climate and Milky Way evolution.
Teacher blackout
To improve its basic education, Brazil needs to renew undergraduate courses that prepare students to teach, as well as to create policies that make the teaching career attractive.
Field Diary – Negro River series
Agência FAPESP followed the DEGy Negro River Expedition in search for I. caiana, an electric fish species whose only four specimen known to science were collected in 1968 at an inaccurately-described site.
Public Health
Increasingly widespread use of antibiotics fosters the appearance of superbacteria defying science and health systems.
PublicationS
FAPESP Annual Activity Report - 2022
FAPESP allocated $ PPP 400.5 million to the funding of 19,692 research projects in 2021, for growth of
3.5% compared with 2020.
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